Brush and mop holder.



A. FISCHER.

BRUSH AND MOP HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED 33.20, 1909.

986,155. PatentedMar. 7,1911.

Uli-ITTED FATNT ADOLPE FISCHER, OF LA FAYETTE, INDIANA.

BRUSH AND MOP HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AnoLrH FISCHER, a citizen of the United States,residing at La Fayette, in the county of Tippecanoe and State ofIndiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Brush and MopHolders, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention provides a holder of unique construction forscrubbing brushes, mop cloths and the like, which will admit of eitherbeing securely held in position and which is light, cheap and convenientof manipulation.

The invention consists of the novel features, details of constructionand combination of parts which hereinafter will be more particularly setforth, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in theclaim.

Referring to the drawing, forming a part of the specification: Figure lis a perspective view of a holder embodying the present invention. Fig.2 is a side view thereof. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing ascrubbing brush in position. Fig. 4 is a section on the line m0a of Fig.2, looking in the direction of the arrow.

Corresponding and like parts referred to in the following descriptionand in all the views of the drawings are indicated by the same referencecharacters.

The holder comprises a head and a stafi or handle 1, the head beingconstructed of stout wire of suitable gage to withstand the strain andusage to which the article will be subjected. The head consists ofsimilar clamp members adapted to be pressed together by means of a slide2 which is formed of a length of wire bent upon itself into a number ofcoils and having a terminal portion as 3 extended across the spaceinclosed by the coils so as to come between the shanks of the clampmembers. Each clamp member consists of a shank i and a jaw 5. The jaws 5are approximately of ii-form in end view as shown most clearly in Fig. 2and are arranged so that one member of a jaw enters the spaces formedbetween the members of the opposite jaw, this being of advantage tofirmly grip the mop or like article placed between the jaws. One clampmember is shorter than the other, this being of advantage as indicatedin Fig. 3 to enable the scrubbing brush 6 to engage squarely with thefloor or surface and the stafi or handle Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed February 20, 1909.

Patented Mar. 7, 1911.

SeriaI No. 479,037.

1 to incline for convenience of operation. The \/-form of the jaws 5enables the latter to firmly and securely grip opposite edge portions ofthe back of the scrub brush. Each clamp member is formed of a length ofwire doubled upon itself and having its end portions brought together toform the shank 4L and having the intermediate portion bent into the formsubstantially as shown to provide the jaw 55. As indicated the jaw 5 iselongated and arranged about at a right angle to the length of theshank. Each aw consists of a rod 7 continuous throughout the length ofthe aw, longitudinally alined rods 8 of equal length located uponopposite sides of the shank and end pieces 9 of approximately V-form.The shank a is deflected at 10, at an angle to the plane of rods 7 and 8so that the article held may be properly gripped by the V-shaped endportions 9. The bar 7 is spaced from the shank 4 a distancecorresponding approximately to the bent ends thereof forming the inneror upper members of the end pieces 9. The end portions of the memberscomprising the shank l are intertwisted with one another as indicated at11 to form a stem, which is fitted in an opening formed in the staff orhandle 1 to retain the mop head in place.

In practice, the scrubbing brush, mop or like article to be retained inplace is introduced between the jaws, the same being pressed together tofirmly and securely grip the article, the slide 2 being moved upon theshanks 4 toward the jaws to retain the latter in proper engagement withthe article placed between them. The construction is such that uponmoving the slide away from the jaws, the latter automatically springapart by resiliency of the shanks 4L thereby releasing either thescrubbing brush, mop cloth or the like without requiring an applicationof the hand thereto. It is also manifest that the mop head may be fittedto the article to be gripped without necessitating the handling of saidarticle, the latter being gripped by placing the shanks 4 together andmoving the slide forward thereon.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

In a holder of the character described, the combination of similar clampmembers each formed of a length of wire doubled upon itself andcomprising a shank and a jaw, the shank being deflected near its lowerend and the jaw comprising parallel longitudinal rods and angular endpieces, one of the lonthe barsof the opposite jaw and the lowergitudinal rods being continuous and the 1 bar of the second jaw coiningopposite the space between the bars of the first mentioned jaw.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ADOLPH FISCHER.

other of sectional formation and having the sections alining, thecontinuous rod being spaced from the shank and the lower end of l theshank and the lower parts of the angular end members extending away fromthe lower rods in the same plane, and the upper. portions of the shanksbeing at an angle to said lower portion, the upper bar of one aw beingarranged opposite the space between Vitnesses ALBERT KIRBBY, MARY G.SEEGER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five .cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

